Template-directed synthesis using the heterogeneous templates produced by montmorillonite catalysis. A possible bridge between the prebiotic and RNA worlds

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 31, 1997, Pages 7197-7201

  Ertem, Gözen ^a   Ferris, James P ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMER; POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; POLYGUANYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DNA TEMPLATE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MODEL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BENTONITE; BIOGENESIS; BIOPOLYMERS; CATALYSIS; CYTIDINE; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; INOSINE NUCLEOTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; RNA; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 0030789592     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja970422h     Document Type: Article

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